Radon from uranium mill tailings: A source of significant radiation hazard? |
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Authors: | William Ramsay |
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Institution: | (1) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 20555 Washington, D.C., USA |
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Abstract: | Calculations regarding the long-term hazards to health from the radioactive gas radon which emanates from the tailings of milled uranium ores are presented here. The absolute and relative risks to the population from mill tailings, as well as technical solutions to the problem of disposal methods which would eliminate or minimize lung cancer risk, are discussed. Since the emission of radon from tailings will occur thousands of years after the projected benefits from nuclear-fission power have been obtained, the problem of present and future hazard from mill tailings calls for increased regulatory consideration.Now at Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. 20036 |
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Keywords: | radon radioactivity health effects thorium-230 polonium-218 lead-214 bismuth-214 cancer yellowcake uranium mining milling |
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